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I Am Not Madame Bovary, Fan Bingbing

Mary Angela Rowe / September 11, 2016

TIFF 16 Review: I Am Not Madame Bovary

Feng Xiaogang experiments with new aspect ratios in I Am Not Madame Bovary, his caustically funny satire of Chinese bureaucracy. Starring Fan Bingbing, the film …

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Zoom

Mary Angela Rowe / August 11, 2016

Fantasy and identity collide in Zoom

You haven’t seen everything until you’ve seen a tiny lady stuffing dime bags into a RealDoll. This is Zoom, Canadian screenwriter Matt Hansen’s absurdist …

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Therapy for a Vampire

Mary Angela Rowe / June 23, 2016

Therapy for a Vampire: few laughs, little therapy

Aspiring to follow the hilarious What We Do in the Shadows, David Rühm’s Therapy for a Vampire bills itself as a vampire farce. Unfortunately, it isn’t funny. …

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April and the Extraordinary World

Mary Angela Rowe / April 28, 2016

Review: April and the Extraordinary World is a wonder

April and the Extraordinary World is an immersive science fiction narrative and a thoughtful reflection on our own world. …

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The Invitation, Karyn Kusama

Mary Angela Rowe / April 15, 2016

Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation doesn’t stick the landing

Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation is a variation on the “dinner party from hell” film: is our protagonist paranoid, or are they really out to get him? …

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Liasons Dangereuses

Mary Angela Rowe / February 17, 2016

Les Liaisons Dangereuses shines at the Donmar

Josie Rourke’s production plays up the novel’s feminist subtext while emphasizing the genuine bond between its two dissolute protagonists. The result is a …

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